🌱 Madison PD Crime Prevention Grant + Lakeshore Nature Preserve

Happy Thursday, people of Madison! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy, breezy and mild. High: 48 Low: 34.

Here are the top stories today in Madison:

1. The Madison Police Department has received a federal grant award that will help it implement a "wrap-around" approach to preventing crimes committed by teenagers. The $125,000 grant will help provide resources directly into the homes of the city's most familiar teenagers committing violence in the community. The department aims to stop the cycle of violence by providing resources directly to the younger siblings of those who have committed crimes so those kids don't follow the criminal path. (Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3)
2. The organization running the Lakeshore Nature Preserve held its first public meeting for its master plan on Nov. 30 at the Memorial Union. The preserve refers to 300 acres of University of Wisconsin property, running from the lakeshore path to the Eagle Heights woods. In addition to holding two more public meetings to solicit input, the Lakeshore Nature Preserve is offering feedback through a survey as well as an online map that the public can annotate. (UW Badger Herald)
3. Madison Reading Project celebrated a generous achievement Tuesday: donating 250,000 books to underserved children in the community. (WMTV - NBC15)
4. A four-legged staff member of the Madison Metropolitan School District is putting students at ease. (Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3)
5. Country singer Keith Urban is coming to Madison next year as part of his world tour; tickets will go on sale next week. (WMTV - NBC15)

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Today in Madison:

• Midwest REnews 9TH ANNUAL MADISON | SOUTHERN WISCONSIN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FORECAST SUMMIT (7:30 AM)
• Get Moving Middleton - Middleton Chamber of Commerce (7:45 AM)
• Story & a Snack -Snow! - Fitchburg Public Library Kids Events (9:00 AM)
• Tiny Tots Storytime - Middleton Public Library Children's Events (9:30 AM)
• We Read and Play - Alicia Ashman Branch Library (10:00 AM)
• Free Mending - Madison Public Library (10:00 AM)
• Class of 2022 Graduation Attire Order Information Session (10:00 AM)
• A Good Yarn Book Club - Fitchburg Public Library Adult Events (11:30 AM)
• DREAM BIG: Give the Gift of Mindfulness this Holiday (12:00 PM)
• Lunch(UP)date with DOA Secretary Joel Brennan (12:15 PM)
• Indoor Fitchburg Farmers Market - Fitchburg Farmers Market (2:00 PM)
• Read to a Dog - Sequoya Branch Library (3:30 PM)
• We Read … and Create! - Lakeview Branch Library (3:30 PM)
• CBG Annual Holiday Party with CCIM Wisconsin (4:00 PM)
• Madison Writing Assistance at Hawthorne (4:00 PM)
• Jingle Jingle Mix & Mingle - Verona Area Chamber of Commerce (5:00 PM)
• Chapters Teen Writing Club - Pinney Branch Library (6:00 PM)
• Evening of Dreaming - Centro Hispano of Dane County (6:00 PM)
• Park Commission - City of Fitchburg Meetings (6:00 PM)
• AmaWaterways Romantic Danube River Cruise Presentation (Zoom) (6:00 PM)
• Go Big Read Book Discussion of Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi (6:00 PM)
• FAMILY: Cookie Decorating with Mrs. Claus (6:30 PM)
• Lakeview Book Discussion of 'The Cricket on the Hearth' by Charles Dickens (6:30 PM)
• Chelsea Handler: Vaccinated and Horny Tour (7:00 PM)

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